Episode 14 features Brandi Waller-Pace, educator, activist, and the Founder and Executive Director of Decolonizing the Music Room. We talk with Brandi about DTMR, being informed, and where she sees the future of music education. Transcripts to all podcast episodes are created by Hollyn Slykhuis and are posted on our website!
To learn more about Brandi and all her favorite organizations and resources, check out the links below!
Decolonizing the Music Room - https://decolonizingthemusicroom.com/donate
Decolonizing the Music Room Resources - https://decolonizingthemusicroom.com/resources
The Score Podcast - https://www.revivalmusicproject.org/podthescore/
NPR Codeswitch - https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch
Bettina L. Love’s “We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching” - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/40642377-we-want-to-do-more-than-survive
Rising Tide Music Press - www.risingtidemusicpress.com
Woke Kindergarten - https://www.wokekindergarten.org/
Colors of Classical Music - https://www.instagram.com/colorsofclassicalmusic/?hl=en
@littleupbeatclass - https://www.instagram.com/littleupbeatclass/
@pinkmantaray - https://www.instagram.com/pinkmantaray/
@musicwithmissalice - https://www.instagram.com/musicwithmissalice/
The Conscious Lee - https://www.instagram.com/consciousleespeaks/
Blair Imani - https://blairimani.com/
Rhiannon Giddens - https://www.rhiannongiddens.com/
Francesco Turrisi - https://www.francescoturrisi.com/
The Carolina Chocolate Drops - https://www.rhiannongiddens.com/carolina-chocolate-drops
Giddens & Turrisi at the Met - there is no other - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ignhso0iv9U&ab_channel=TheMet
Huge thanks to Trevor Weston and Whitney George for letting us include their music in our intro and outro! Our recording of Weston’s “Fanfare for Changes” opens the podcast, and Ashley’s recording of George’s “Incantations” closes each episode. Visit their websites to learn more about them and their works below!
Trevor Weston - http://www.trevorweston.com/
Whitney George - https://www.whitneygeorge.com/
